Hand stamp and canceler



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcEo JEROME B. SECOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAND STAMP AND CANCELER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEROME B. SEcoE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stamps for Marking, Printing, or Canceling; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of' this specification, in which- Figure l represents a view of the stamp in its lengthwise position. Fig. 2 represents a view ot' the face of the stamp. Fig. 3 represents one ofthe plates or disksxand thumblever detached from the stamp or press. Fig. et represents a vertical central section through the head ofthe stamp, showing` the connection between the disks and the external appliances for turning them.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the separate figures, denote like parts ofthe stamp in both of the drawings.

My invention consists in the arrangement of a series of wheels in a metallic stamp-head, which wheels are marked on their perimeterswith the letters, iigures, characters, or combinations of each which may be necessary for Yany special purpose, said wheels heilig also susceptible, by means of thumb-nuts or their equivalents, of being turned in said head, so as to form new combinations ot' letters, gure's, marks, or characters, and of being locked and unlocked from the exterior of the stamp, as occasion may require.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents a. metallic head, properly fastened upon a wooden or other handle, B, by which it may be used. Through this head is formed a slot capable of holding a series of rings or disks, a a. a, (two, three, or more,) upon the perimeters of which are formed letters, figures, marks, characters, or combinations of letters, iigures, marks, or characters, and also with nicks or indentations c, into which a tooth on one ofthe spring-levers c may take to lock each disk, wheel, or ring in place after wheel a', and the thumb-nut i turns the wheel a. The nuts hi have sleeves or hollow shafts that clutch with their special wheel inside of the head A. The shaft f passes through the sleeve ot' the thumb-nut h, and the sleeve h passes through the sleeve of the nut z'. Thus either wheel may be turned without turning the next adjacent one, or all may be turned together by unlocking them all by the levers c.

The head A is finished ot't' fiat and an opening formed init, through which the perimeters ofthe wheels may slightly project, so that by stamping upon a piece of paper or other material the letters, ligures, 85e., will leave their impression, or any coloring-matter placed upon them, or the stamp may he set up erect, and the ribbon, paper, or other material fed over or past the letters, iigures, &c., and the material pressed down t0 receive the impression.

Having` thus fully described the nature, object, und purpose ot' my invention, whatI claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

4Combining with a stamp-head a series of wheels that can bc turned and locked when turned hy a corresponding series of thumbnuts and levers, arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described and represented.

JEROME B. SECOE. 

